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CAIRO (AP) — Two leading human rights groups on Thursday accused Egyptian authorities of failing to conduct an impartial and transparent investigation into the suspicious death of an economic researcher in custody.
In a joint statement, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International accused Egyptian prosecutors of having turned a blind eye to “mounting evidence” that 48-year-old Ayman Hadhoud disappeared, was tortured, and was denied access to timely healthcare.
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TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 7, 2022--
LOS ANGELES — For a guy who got his first big break with a song called "We Are Young," Jack Antonoff sure seems fixated on old music.
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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 7, 2022--
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Katie Goldstein, whose neighbors describe her as “welcoming” and “lovely,” brought them baked goods during the holidays.
Oprah Winfrey's Fourth of July weekend had a special purpose: honoring her 89-year-old father, who is battling cancer.
Reaction came in swiftly from the U.K. and also around the world after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would step down immediately as Conservative Party leader but remain as prime minister until the party chooses his successor. Former Conservative Prime Minister John Major, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and former Johnson advisor Dominic Cummings all said Thursday they thought it was a mistake for Johnson to stay on as prime minister. The leader of the opposition Labour Party said, “He needs to go completely." The Kremlin's spokesman made clear there was no love lost between London and Moscow, quipping: “As for Mr. Johnson, he dislikes us very much. We dislike him, too.”
WNBA star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to controversial drug charges in Russia after she was allegedly caught with cannabis oil in her luggage at a Moscow airport.
The Oregon Republican Party has its third new leader in less than 18 months after the unexpected resignation of its acting chair last week. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the party said Wednesday that Gresham restaurateur and former legislative candidate Justin Hwang is the new party chair after he was elected vice-chair in late May. Outgoing chair Herman Baertschiger Jr., recently announced he was resigning effective July 5. Hwang said in a statement Wednesday that he's excited to bring a fresh voice along with years of experience as a small business owner. He is the first Korean American to serve as the chair of the state party.
A lawyer representing an Israeli woman convicted on drug charges in the United Arab Emirates says she has been sentenced to life in prison. The UAE court had initially sentenced her to death but cancelled it last week. Israel says it has closely followed the case. The UAE normalized relations with Israel in 2020 in the first of the so-called Abraham Accords brokered by the Trump administration. The 43-year-old resident of the northern Israeli city of Haifa was arrested in March 2021 and authorities found marijuana, cocaine and MDMA pills in the apartment where she was staying. She has denied they were hers. The UAE has some of the world's most restrictive drug laws.
Tadej Pogačar has won the sixth and longest stage of the Tour de France on Thursday to take the yellow jersey. The Slovenian pulled away in the sprint finish to take his first stage win this year after victory in the 2020 and 2021 Tours. He leads the Tour by four seconds from American rider Neilson Powless. Wout Van Aert was the leader heading into the imposing stage of nearly 220 kilometers through Belgium and northern France and was the focus of attention with a breakaway. He was caught with 11 kilometers remaining. Van Aert dropped off the peloton.
Washington state officials say a sorority accused of charging University of Washington students for housing they couldn’t stay in during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic will pay more than $250,000 in refunds. The Seattle Times reports the Washington state Attorney General’s Office announced the consent decree Wednesday. Early last year, Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office sued Tennessee-based Alpha Omicron Pi, or AOII, accusing the sorority of violating emergency regulations by charging University of Washington members housing fees even as students couldn’t stay in the sorority’s Greek Row house because of the pandemic. AOII continues to deny wrongdoing in the consent decree. A lawyer for the organization didn't immediately provide comment Wednesday.
The Italian Foreign Ministry says it is working to quickly bring back an Italian family from Egypt whose 6-year-old son died suddenly in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and the parents ended up hospitalized.The ministry said Egyptian law enforcement and medical authorities had already opened an investigation into the July 2 death of Andrea Mirabile, and ordered an autopsy. Italian news reports said the child was believed to have suffered from a case of food poisoning. The ministry said the mother, Rosalia Manosperti, had been released from the international hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, but that the father, Antonio Mirabile, remained admitted.The Red Sea beach resort, with its all-inclusive, luxury hotels, is very popular with Italians.
Spanish prosecutors say they have decided to look into allegations by a daughter of a former president of Angola that a conspiracy is behind her father’s serious illness. Former President José Eduardo dos Santos is in a coma in a Barcelona clinic. Catalan police have also confirmed they are examining the accusations by the daughter and that she has requested police protection at the clinic for the former head of state. Dos Santos voluntarily stepped down as head of state of the southern African country in 2017, when his health began failing after almost 40 years in power.
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — The rhythms of normal life began to sound again in Highland Park Wednesday morning.
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 7, 2022--
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 7, 2022--
A Republican candidate for Michigan governor has pleaded not guilty for his actions during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Ryan Kelley has said he and other supporters of then-President Donald Trump were exercising their free speech rights on the day of the deadly riot. Kelley appeared via video Thursday for a brief hearing in federal court, weeks after the real estate broker was arrested at his home in western Michigan and charged with several misdemeanors. Kelley said little during the hearing. But at a debate Wednesday night, he said he and others at the Capitol were unhappy with the 2020 presidential election, when Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden. Kelley is among five Republicans seeking the GOP nomination on Aug. 2.
WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 7, 2022--
A senior official at the European Union medicines agency says that many nations in the bloc are seeing a new wave of COVID-19 driven by highly-transmissible mutations of the omicron variant. The European Medicines Agency’s Marco Cavaleri told an online briefing Thursday that the BA.4 and BA.5 mutations are expected to become dominant across the continent, “likely replacing all other variants by the end of July.” He said that while there is no evidence the variants make people more sick than earlier strains of the virus, “the increase in transmission among older age groups is starting to translate into severe disease.”
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 7, 2022--
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says his government's police and soldiers are dying on a “daily” basis as the country grapples with insurgencies in Oromia and elsewhere. Abiy in a parliamentary address repeated a vow to destroy the Oromo Liberation Army, a rebel group his government blames for two recent massacres targeting members of the Amhara ethnic group. Abiy said his government is “sad” that it is not able to prevent the violence perpetrated by the Oromo rebels. Abiy's speech to the legislature was a rare admission of government losses in the insurgency. The increase in violence in Oromia comes as the 20-month-long conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front appears to be reducing.
President Biden's climate agenda has been stymied by Congress and the Supreme Court. But one thing the president doesn't like is actually causing emissions of heat-trapping gases to drop: high gas prices. Even as gas prices finally slip below $5 a gallon, many people are cutting back on driving just a bit. But not everyone can. Federal data shows that June gas sales are 5% below the same time in 2019 and spring miles driven are down 6%. Experts say high gas prices hurt people's pocketbooks and Biden politically but do nibble at the climate problem.
Mexico's anti-money laundering agency has accused ex-President Enrique Peña Nieto of receiving millions of dollars in illegal funds. The criminal complaint filed against Peña Nieto by the government's Financial Intelligence Unit doesn't mean prosecutors have decided to file formal charges. But the head of the unit says federal prosecutors have received the complaint alleging use of illicit funds and are investigating it. Gomez said Thursday that a company run by Peña Nieto's family had received about $500 million in government contracts while he was president from 2012 to 2018.
Superior Commitment to Safety Performance Exhibited at Crosstie Treating Plant
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 7, 2022--
After going on a frenzied hiring spree for a year and a half to meet surging shopper demand, America’s retailers are starting to temper their recruiting. The changing mindset comes as companies confront a pullback in consumer spending, the prospect of an economic downturn and surging labor costs. Some analysts suggest that merchants have also learned to do more with fewer workers. The nation’s top employer, Walmart, said it recently over-hired because of a COVID-related staffing shortage and then reduced its head count through attrition. In April, Amazon said it, too, had decided that it had an excess of workers in its warehouses.
The Polish government says a citizen of Poland is being held in Tehran, confirming the detention after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard accused several Europeans of spying on military sites. The confirmation on Thursday came as tensions remain high between Tehran and the West. Poland’s Foreign Ministry said that Iran had arrested a “highly reputed scientist” last September. Iran on Wednesday named a Polish scientist as being among of a group of diplomats and foreigners accused of spying and taking soil samples from prohibited military zones in Iran’s desert while the Guard was carrying out missile tests.
This Date in Baseball-The Week Ahead-July 8-14, Take 2
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This Date in Baseball-July 8: Billy Martin records his 1,000 career win as a manger as the A’s beat the Yankees 6-3.
This Date in Baseball-The Week Ahead-July 8-14, 2 Takes
Sportlight-July 8: South Korean golfer Sei Young Ki breaks the LPGA 72-hole scoring record with a 31-under par.
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